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Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was Reconstruction?

a)

A time of equal treatment for all people

b)

Forced segregation

c)

The period of time after the Civil War

d)

The act of slavery becoming illegal

2.

During Reconstruction, martial law was imposed on the South.

a)

False

b)

Frue

c)

Talse

d)

True

3.

This organization helped formerly enslaved African Americans provide essentials and education and was known as the:

a)

Bureau of Education

b)

Freedman's Bureau

c)

Jim Crow Centers

d)

Bureau of Food and Shelter

4.

Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?

a)

John Wikes Booth

b)

Billy the Kid

c)

John Wayne Gacy

d)

Jim Jones

5.

The 13th Amendment...

a)

allowed free speech for all Americans

b)

gave African Americans citizenship

c)

abolished slavery and involuntary servitude

d)

made slavery legal in all states

6.

Which Political Group thought Lincoln was too lenient and wanted more progressive change?

a)

Progressive Democrats

b)

Wishful Whigs

c)

Southern Democrats

d)

Radical Republicans

7.

Sharecropping...

a)

Was an illegal form of slavery and human trafficking

b)

Was a fair form of land sharing that usually benefited both parties where the landowner would give land to the former slave to farm, in return for crops.

c)

Was a legal form of servitude that kept blacks in a cycle of debt that kept them tied to the rich white landowner

d)

Was where families shared land for mutual profit

8.

Economic affects of the Civil War and Reconstruction included:

a)

Very high income taxes instituted at federal and state levels

b)

Manufacturing replaces agriculture across the board as main source of income

c)

The North is economically destroyed and has to build from the ground up, the Southern economy rebounds quickly.

d)

South is economically destroyed and has to build from ground up, Northern economy rebounds quickly

9.

Which Amendment gave all people born in the US (excluding Native Americans) equal protection and rights under the law?

a)

19th Amendment

b)

15th Amendment

c)

14 Amendment

d)

13 Amendment

10.

What were poor whites who supported reconstruction called?

a)

Carpetbaggers

b)

Ku Klux Klansmen

c)

Lame Ducks

d)

Scalawags

11.

Who were Carpetbaggers?

a)

Northerners who moved South and were seen as people who exploit the locals.

b)

Racists who lynched blacks

c)

Poor Southerners who wanted reconstruction which most southerners resented.

d)

Rich African Americans who exploited others

12.

President Andrew Johnson...

a)

Was removed from office

b)

Was impeached but acquitted by one vote

c)

Was a 'Lame Duck' POTUS, who loses most of his executive power

d)

Replaced his cabinet without authorized permission

e)

Repeatedly blocked legislation passed by Radical Republicans

13.

This Amendment guaranteed all men the right to vote no matter their race.

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

14.

To rejoin the United States, Confederate States had to...

a)

Acknowledge the 13th Amendment

b)

Acknowledge the 14th Amendment

c)

Acknowledge the 15th Amendment

d)

Pledge loyalty to the United States

e)

Protect former slaves from persecution

15.

The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments's main purpose was to...

a)

give equality to all

b)

bring economic stability to the United States

c)

ensure equality for all male emancipated slaves

d)

make unite the South and the North

16.

This Group Pushed for Regaining Democratic control and Used Terror Tactics to Scare African Americans from Voting:

a)

Federal Marshals

b)

Jim Crow Society

c)

Scalawags

d)

Ku Klux Klan

17.

After an electoral dispute, Congress lets Ruthford B Hayes (R) becomes president, but Democrats force Congress to end reconstruction (Freedman's Bureau ends, federal troops leave south). Democrats also demand Hayes elect a Southern Democrat in his cabinet, but promise to protect African American rights (which doesn't happen). This occurrence is refereed to as:

a)

The Amnesty Act of 1872

b)

The Corrupt Bargin

c)

The illegal Compromise

d)

The Compromise of 1877

18.

The Amnesty Act of 1872...

a)

pardons almost all confederates and allows them to vote and Southern Democrats take control of local governments

b)

makes it illegal to interfere in the right to vote

c)

releases all political prisoners imprisoned during the civil war.

d)

pardons almost all confederates and allows them to vote and Southern Democrats mostly stay home

19.

Southern Democrats block rights for ____ to vote, by instituting Poll taxes and Literacy tests.

a)

Poor Citizens

b)

Carpetbaggers

c)

Ku Klux Klansmen

d)

African Americans

20.

The court case ______ ruled that segregation, as long as it was separate but equal (it wasn't), through ______ laws was legal.

a)

Plessy vs Ferguson, Black Codes

b)

Brown vs Broad of Education, Jim Crow Laws

c)

Plessy vs Ferguson, Jim Crow Laws

d)

Dred Scott vs Sanford, Black Codes

21.

Which of these Occur after the End of Reconstruction?

a)

Jim Crow Laws are passed to segregate blacks and whites in public places to limit their rights.

b)

Ku Klux Klan gains power and terrorizes many African Americans.

c)

Democrats gain control of the Southern governments, ending reconstruction and equality progress for the next 100 years.

d)

Blacks loose many rights and freedoms once promised to them as a free people.

e)

Sharecropping system becomes widespread in the south and is the primary means of economy.

22.

Despite the Shortcomings of Reconstruction, what were some Successes?

a)

In non-south states, African Americans took part in all sections of government.

b)

The restoration of the United States as an Unified Nation.

c)

The 14th and 15th Amendments were a Step Forward for Civil Rights.

d)

African Americans were inducted into society, were independent, and established institutions.

23.

Does Racism and Prejudice Still Exist in America Today?

a)

Yes

b)

No